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(No Model.)

G W BANNER RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

Patented Oct. I8, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WESLEY HANNER, OF HOLBROOK, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

RAI LWAY-RAI L JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,424, dated October 18, 1892.

Application filed February 17, 1892. Serial No. 421,799. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE WESLEY HAN- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holbrook, in the county of Apache, Arizona Territory, haveinvented certain new and useful ImprovementsinRailway-Rail Joints; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to railroad-rail joints.

The object of my improvements is to provide a rail-joint which is simple, strong, and thoroughly efficient for the purpose for which it is used.

To effect these objects` my invention consists in the following construction, which will be first described in detail, and the features of novelty then indicated in the clailns.

Figure l is a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same with the ties removed. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings, A represents the rails of any railroad-track.

B are the joints between the rails.

O are the railway-ties upon the road-bed.

D represents myimproved rail-joint. This joint has vertical side walls E in place of the usual ish-plates and angular iiange-plat-es F formed therewith. The plates F have extensions G on the opposite sides at each end. An under strap or plate H is formed midlength of the joint, which isintegral With the iianges F, and it connects them under the rails below thejoint. The rails A are pushed endwise into the joint from opposite sides.

I are the spikes by means of which the joint is fastened to the ties O.

The strap-plate H of the rail-joint, as Well as the joint, lies, preferably, between the ties.

I may make my rail-joint in a variety of ways. I contemplate cutting it out of solid iron or steel and pressing it so as to it the rails snugly.

The operation of my improved rail-joint is so perfect that it is not essential to spike it to the rails at all. It is very safe and strong and there is no danger of the joint Working loose and wrecking a train, with the consequent loss of life and property.

With my invent-ion it costs less to keep up the track in perfect condition. The rail-joint acts, also, as a brace to the joint against vertical as well as horizontal strains.. These advantages, as well as others, will be obvious to the skilled railroad mechanic and road or division master.

I may, when desired, employ in connection with my invention the following modified construction: J represents ears or projections formed on the opposite ends of the bottom plate H and serving to enter the inner opposite edges of the ties by driving the latter onto said ears before the spikes I are driven. This provision serves to lock the rail-joint to the ties and prevents any upward as well as horizontal movements thereof.

Instead of the plate H being solid with the flanges F on opposite sides the joint may be made of two pieces of sheet metal and bent under the rail in opposite directions, so as to overlap each other, and may, if desired, be provided with projections J.

I claim- 1. In a rail-joint of the character described,

the vertical flanges having end extensionflanges resting upon the ties and a bottom plate integral with said flanges and extending across the rails beneath the rail-joint, said plate having oppositely projecting ends adapted to enter the ties.

2. A rail-joint having opposite vertical anges, a bottom plate passing beneath the rails and connecting said iianges, and projections upon the bottom plate adapted to enter the opposite surfaces of the ties, the Whole formed in one piece.

In testimony whereof Iaiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE WESLEY HAN NER.

W'itnesses:

F. J. WATTEON, H. C. DONLEIGH. 

